was the pharaoh cheated?

Question

A goldsmith was asked to make two statues for thr pharaoh. One statue was to be 6 times larger then the other. The pharaoh gave the gold smith 60 pieces of gold to make the larger statue. The gold smith asked the pharaoh for 10 pieces to make the smaller statue. The pharaoh was so pleased that he gave him 5 pieces of gold as a reward.
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Answer 1

Some clarification is required. I assume that six times bigger means the volume is six times as great. In that case pharaoh was not cheated.

If by six times bigger you mean 6 times taller that is another story. If the goldsmith got the right amount of gold for the large statue then he got more gold than he needed for the small one. And in this case pharaoh was cheated.